Members Rawhide Posted April 17, 2009 Members Report Posted April 17, 2009 ...here are some new inlays for boot tops that will appear in a chocolate calf background. The original photo is shown at left and the uncolored carving at right. The colors were altered by request...the foliage was not required so the subjects were more featured. These were colored with spirit dyes. Peter Quote Marlon
hidepounder Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 He's just amazing! What else can you say? Wow! Bob Quote
Ambassador leatheroo Posted April 17, 2009 Ambassador Report Posted April 17, 2009 always amazing....love these posts from peter...thanks Quote "]http://leatheroo.blogspot
MADMAX22 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 I just wanna know how he got the white with the spirit dyes. Ive never gotten it to work personally. Quote
Members Rawhide Posted April 17, 2009 Author Members Report Posted April 17, 2009 I just wanna know how he got the white with the spirit dyes. Ive never gotten it to work personally. MADMAXX, I would think that it's a very thinned White Cova Dye or Acrylic. The rest is spirit. Just to be sure I'll ask him for you. Quote Marlon
Members Rawhide Posted April 17, 2009 Author Members Report Posted April 17, 2009 Peter's reply ...I have used a very diluted white acrylic to highlight the horns....it is very transparent. There is no such thing as a 'white acrylic dye', as dyes are made from 'dyestuffs'...white is a pigment, as found in a acrylic paint. Quote Marlon
Members Tina Posted April 17, 2009 Members Report Posted April 17, 2009 I Love them. What I really like too is the pictures around the work, the "history" behind the carving:-) A question for Peter the next time you talk to him Marlon...What brand of spirit dyes is he using? Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
MADMAX22 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Posted April 17, 2009 Peter's reply...I have used a very diluted white acrylic to highlight the horns....it is very transparent. There is no such thing as a 'white acrylic dye', as dyes are made from 'dyestuffs'...white is a pigment, as found in a acrylic paint. Thanks Rawhide for asking, I appreciate it and if you would relay my thanks to Peter as well. Great looking work. Quote
Members SteveBrambley Posted April 17, 2009 Members Report Posted April 17, 2009 Not a carver myself (maybe one day) but I do love this stuff, excellent! Steve Quote
Members Rawhide Posted April 18, 2009 Author Members Report Posted April 18, 2009 Tina...here's your answer, ...I use dyes that I had made in Australia in '92...these are highlyconcentrated and are pure in color. I also use Fiebings Oil Dyes for overall coloring of large projects...I do not use water based dyes or acrylic paint, with the exception of diluted white now and then. Peter Quote Marlon
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